Author Topic: From the stand (Read 57368 times)

osage outlaw · « **Reply #90 on:** October 24, 2016, 10:41:17 am »

I hope it comes back and gives you a shot at it Aaron.

Pappy, do you trim shooting lanes from your stands?

Pappy · « **Reply #91 on:** October 24, 2016, 11:16:14 am »

I do some but try and leave as much cover as I can around the stand and under it. Sometimes it cost me a close shot but most times if you have patients it works out ok for the shot and I rarely get spotted in the stand unless I do something really stupid.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #92 on:** October 25, 2016, 06:44:06 am »

Headed to the stand in a few minutes, hope to have some good pictures, Pappy

osage outlaw · « **Reply #93 on:** October 25, 2016, 07:31:04 am »

Same here Pappy. Good luck

bjrogg · « **Reply #94 on:** October 25, 2016, 07:36:29 am »

I'm in beet digger tractor good luck guys beautiful morning it's gonna be here calm clear and crispy should start that rut. Can see every star in the sky
Bjrogg

PEARL DRUMS · « **Reply #95 on:** October 25, 2016, 01:48:06 pm »

Quote from: Pappy on October 24, 2016, 11:16:14 am

I do some but try and leave as much cover as I can around the stand and under it. Sometimes it cost me a close shot but most times if you have patients it works out ok for the shot and I rarely get spotted in the stand unless I do something really stupid.
Pappy

Same here pappy. When a person carries a bow that requires them to draw and shoot simultaneously they have to have cover around the stand most often. We cant draw and hold while we wait for a good shot.

osage outlaw · « **Reply #96 on:** October 25, 2016, 04:55:17 pm »

When I got to my stand this morning I noticed a big scrape on the trail 10 yards away.

bjrogg · « **Reply #97 on:** October 25, 2016, 05:23:33 pm »

That should be a good sign.
Bjrogg

Pappy · « **Reply #98 on:** October 26, 2016, 04:16:23 am »

Great morning yesterday, no deer killed but beautiful morning and seen deer. Nothing was moving until after 9 am then they came out of the wood work. Got in the stand at 6am and came down about noon. Was planning on staying all day but had a buddy needed help tracking on so I had to come out. Wished I would go on and retire so I could do that all the time. A couple of pictures, 1 of a button under the stand and the other is a small buck working on some overhanging beech limb and doing some rubbing, he thought he was bad to the bone you could tell.

Pappy

osage outlaw · « **Reply #99 on:** October 26, 2016, 07:21:38 am »

You have a lot more green leaf cover than we do Pappy. Our leaves are dying and dropping fast. Yesterday morning I didn't see much but last night I saw a lot of activity. A small buck chased a doe right behind my stand. Several other small bucks and does were running around the hillside. I watched 2 different flocks of turkeys. One was a group of jakes. They walked up the hill behind me and then flew down to get on roost. This morning should be good.

BowEd · « **Reply #100 on:** October 26, 2016, 07:31:07 am »

Not too bad here for deer yesterday either.Had the regular parade of does and yearlings going by just out of bow range but did see a couple of bucks too.Seeing more scrapes now too.
I try everything in the book to get a shot here.Good understory around my stands.My profile blended into a leafy background.Stand in the shadows.My shots coming from deer coming up from behind me along trails.It's just a matter of time.
We're finally getting rain here but I won't hunt then.Not in the stand anyway.
Still hav'nt burned one load of wood in the house yet here and it's almost november already.Pretty unusual.

DV IN MN · « **Reply #101 on:** October 27, 2016, 12:47:22 pm »

I have been out a few times here in MN with not much action. But it has been nice to be out. Will be head to IL this weekend and the week of 11/12-11/19. Hope to have some luck there. Maybe better than years past.

Pappy · « **Reply #102 on:** October 28, 2016, 04:20:53 am »

Nice buck, did you kill that one this year ?
Pappy

PEARL DRUMS · « **Reply #103 on:** October 28, 2016, 09:17:41 am »

I got lucky last night! I was invited to hunt with a friend on his place. It was a beautiful night. Cold and calm. I sat with great anticipation, until my wife texted me and said I left my money clip on the kitchen bar. It holds my drivers license and kill tags. I WILL NOT haul an illegal deer. So, luckily I didn't see a dang thing! It is still illegal to hunt in Michigan without a tag in your pocket.

We had a pretty good rain/snow squall come through a few days ago. Its just damp and cool now.

rps3 · « **Reply #104 on:** October 28, 2016, 10:41:34 am »

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